@OnionSoup I have a different view. Swallowing spiders in my sleep is effortless and adds needed protein. I’ve made multiple attempts to do the dishes in my sleep, and it just never works out well.
I love to cook, but equally as much hate to clean up afterwards. However, I am a stickler for the treatment of some of my pans/wok and especially my knives (3 of them were in the $200 range when purchased) so I typically at least do those items, and most of the time complete the rest of the dishes.
Since retiring, I have started doing most of the cooking (kids are grown and out, so it’s just me and my wife). My preferred system is to clean up most things as I cook, or else right after eating the meal. Anything that can goes right into the dishwasher. Anything else gets hand washed, dried and put away. IME, only a very few items ever actually need to soak if you are dealing with it right away. Works for me.
Just remember that if you possess any actual cutting implements, Rule Zero of manual dishwashing is that you must always maintain firm control and a solid grip on anything sharp, from the moment you pick it up to clean it until the instant that you place it in the drying rack or it’s proper storage location. I keep our knives that sharp.
I keep trying to train the help to do the dishes but other than licking off the tasty bits, they’re not much use.
Doing dishes is Meh but always having a clean, empty sink makes me very happy.
Doing the dishes is better than swallowing spiders in your sleep!
@OnionSoup I have a different view. Swallowing spiders in my sleep is effortless and adds needed protein. I’ve made multiple attempts to do the dishes in my sleep, and it just never works out well.
For the help.
@yakkoTDI Well my help quit a while back since I didn’t pay her and she moved out (with some boomerang action).
I love to cook, but equally as much hate to clean up afterwards. However, I am a stickler for the treatment of some of my pans/wok and especially my knives (3 of them were in the $200 range when purchased) so I typically at least do those items, and most of the time complete the rest of the dishes.
Since retiring, I have started doing most of the cooking (kids are grown and out, so it’s just me and my wife). My preferred system is to clean up most things as I cook, or else right after eating the meal. Anything that can goes right into the dishwasher. Anything else gets hand washed, dried and put away. IME, only a very few items ever actually need to soak if you are dealing with it right away. Works for me.
@macromeh that would be my preference. Although. I like to cook when there’s people here. When is just me… Frozen is fine.
Just remember that if you possess any actual cutting implements, Rule Zero of manual dishwashing is that you must always maintain firm control and a solid grip on anything sharp, from the moment you pick it up to clean it until the instant that you place it in the drying rack or it’s proper storage location. I keep our knives that sharp.
@werehatrack Well, actually, you should prolly avoid a solid grip on anything sharp and only grab the non-sharp handle parts.
@rockblossom @werehatrack as someone who recently sliced their thumb washing knives, I second the grabbing the non-sharp part!
@kewlchick086 @rockblossom properly, the sharp part is not the grip. This can become problematic with a Star Trek pizza cutter.
I hate washing dishes by hand. Ugh. And cold dirty soapy water (from soaking dishes) makes me want to hurl.
Doing the dishes is a shared necessity.